| Flying model aircrafts rates as one of
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| | "was" absolutely true - before!
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| the most intriguing hobbies. Very few
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| | No More!
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| things can compare to the experience of
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| | Nowadays new pilot can learn to fly
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| seeing your first RC airplane or
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| | without having to pay for expensive
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| helicopter take flight. For non-pilots,
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| | instructors. Even better, they can crash
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| seeing someone else fly an RC aircraft is
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| | their aircraft as often as they want
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| extremely captivating. So captivating
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| | without having to spend any money to fix
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| that often times it makes you want to
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| | it! How? The answer comes on a CD Rom,
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| learn to fly!
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| | the Flight Simulators!
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| Then the story starts. You spend hundreds
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| | To be fair, RC flight simulators are
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| or thousands of dollars to buy your first
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| | nothing new. In fact, they were around
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| airplane/helicopter plus a few more
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| | since the 80s. However, early flight
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| hundred for the radio, fuel, batteries,
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| | simulators were extremely unrealistic and
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| gyros, glow plug, flight box, charger,
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| | so expensive that it might be cheaper to
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| fuel pumps, engines, starters and a
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| | actually crash your model a hundred
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| hundred different things that the shop
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| | times.
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| tells you is a must. Just when you
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| | Luckily, competition and technology
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| thought that the cash spill finally ends,
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| | changed all that. Modern flight
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| it doesn't!
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| | simulators' realism rivals that of the
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| New RC pilots quickly learn their first
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| | latest computer game - in other words,
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| lesson - that it's hard to fly! So what
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| | extraordinary. Some versions come with an
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| to do? Easy, get an instructor! Well,
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| | exact replica of a real radio controller
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| this also means more money and a few
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| | as a joy stick, others will come with a
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| hours of lesson time. No matter! In for
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| | connector cable that allows learning
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| a penny in for a dime! You take those
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| | pilots to plug in their favorite RC
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| lessons and learn everything you can from
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| | controller, really good versions will
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| the (expensive) instructor. Pretty soon,
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| | allow for both options.
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| you can fly "half" the time! Great!
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| | The physics engine that come incorporated
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| Then eventually the lesson time runs out
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| | in these flight simulating are also the
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| and you're on your own. That should be
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| | very best modern programming technology
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| ok, since you are now "half" a pilot - or
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| | will allow. Simply put, everything that
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| so you thought. On your next flight, you
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| | can and will happen on the real airfield
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| take the RC airplane / helicopter out and
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| | can and will happen in the simulated
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| attempt your first solo flight. Suddenly
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| | flight at 99.99% accuracy. And that is
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| for some reason that you don't
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| | not an overstatement.
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| understand, you loose control and crash.
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| | Price of these RC simulators is dropping
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| Unrelenting, you fix the craft, spent
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| | too. Really good and well branded
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| (much) more than a few dollars and hit
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| | simulators costs around $300 dollars.
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| the flying field again. You finally
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| | Others that are just as good are
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| realize why you crashed last time, and
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| | available for just under a hundred bucks.
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| you overcome it. Wonderful! But this time
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| | The best deals come even cheaper than
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| there's another hurdle, you turn the
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| | that, they are free! Don't think that
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| aircraft in to face you, you get
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| | free RC simulators aren't up to scratch;
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| disoriented and then - yup - another
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| | they offer features that rival their high
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| crash. You fix it; try again, crash
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| | priced counterparts. Still, even the most
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| again, and again and again - and yet
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| | expensive package will pay for itself on
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| again. A few months, a dozen crashes and
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| | the very first simulated crash you make
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| thousands of dollars later you finally
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| | (and you will make lots of them).
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| learn how to fly! Wow! Great ending!
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| | So there you have it, the best way to
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| This story repeats itself over and over
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| | learn to fly an RC model today is to
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| with every new pilot. No matter how
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| | crash, crash, crash, and crash some more
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| careful, a new pilot will crash more than
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| | until you got it! Of course, do the
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| a few times as they learn. In doing so,
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| | crashing on a flight simulator where it
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| they will have to pay hundreds or
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| | won't cost any money.
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| thousands of dollars. Sadly, this fact
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